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:dunno: or :lolup: ?
Since I'm new to swimming i have a problem and need of advice. I've been swimming 5 days a week for about a month now at my local 25 yard gym pool. I've gotten to a point where my technique is somewhat good but i cannot swim more then 50 yards straight without coughing a lung (or at least feeling like it). Yesterday i got some inspiration and did about 400 with a couple of seconds breather every 25 yards. To my surprise it went well, and i actually felt i was improving my technique (endurance breeds efficient swimming?). Anyways, I find it extremely hard to focus on technique wen I'm trying to work on endurance and here lies the problem.
Do i keep working on establishing second-nature proper technique and keep doing 25/50 yards until i feel i'm ready to overcome long distance, or should i start working on endurance regardless of whatever technique faults i think i have at the moment.
I see swimmers doing laps at my pool and i can't help but think about their faulty technique. i don't want to be one of them.
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I think perfection of technique comes first. Surely you will find that in the quest for perfect technique you will also be developing your endurance...and with the improved technique you will need less endurance to accomplish an equal amount of work/yardage. I am ALWAYS aware of my technique, even in sprint sets. If I fatigue to the point of falling apart in a sprint I will end the set and either start kicking or do some easy free to allow my muscles to regenerate.
Having said that, I don't think that slow paced swimming will get you very far with technique or endurance. Working on technique at a moderate pace is what has worked best for me. As I have said many times on here before though, everybody is different and what works for me may not be the best thing for you.
I think perfection of technique comes first. Surely you will find that in the quest for perfect technique you will also be developing your endurance...and with the improved technique you will need less endurance to accomplish an equal amount of work/yardage. I am ALWAYS aware of my technique, even in sprint sets. If I fatigue to the point of falling apart in a sprint I will end the set and either start kicking or do some easy free to allow my muscles to regenerate.
Having said that, I don't think that slow paced swimming will get you very far with technique or endurance. Working on technique at a moderate pace is what has worked best for me. As I have said many times on here before though, everybody is different and what works for me may not be the best thing for you.
